Please Smile At Me

You look at my face with a sad expression,

Mom you look as if you are in depression,

Mom Smile and talk to me please,

So I can forget my dreaded disease.

I know that you are feeling pain,

But you know that I learned to feign:

My pain, for if not, I will slip,

to be consumed in its deathly grip.

So come sit next to me and smile,

make your visit a joyous one and worthwhile,

always be happy Mom please don't you cry,

I will be watching, when you are alone, and when I die,

I close her mouth with my hand,

Smile through my tears, say I understand,

You nod your head to say, mom I know you care,

I tell her life is very untrustworthy and unfair,

She beckons me to sit next to her a bit closer.

Then she smiles and says mom you talk

Like a loser.

I was always a winner you taught me to 

be always right,

Not to run away but stay back and fight,

And fight I will this insidious cancer by being bold.

Till I am no more and pass away from this world.

So mom accept  your child is going to die soon, don't you see,

I cannot question my fate, or faith and ask God why me?

For the simple reason when you take birth,

You also have to take a certificate of death,

mom cheer up, I look forward to your visit every day,

Tomorrow who knows I will perhaps pass away,

Ok, mom says we will part, I will see you tomorrow,

I said visit with  happiness,and without any sorrow.

The mother, as usual, comes the next day,

Comes to know her child has passed away.

She breaks down and starts to grieve,

Questions herself why in God do I believe.

Remembers her child's last words, can't you see,

You cannot question God,  by asking why only me,

For when you have taken birth,

You come with a certificate of death.

I am watching you, from where I can see,

So don't cheat me or my memory, but please smile at me.